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Audrey Saunders’ pastis-spiked gin Mojito was an oddball argument for two outsider ingredients eager to breakthrough.

Joaquín Simó’s Jamaican rum-based spin on the aperitivo classic was a runaway success.

At Le Lion in Hamburg, Joerg Meyer’s herbaceous smash is ordered 22,000 times a year.

Julio Bermejo’s revision of the classic, now served from Indonesia to Ireland, has become the industry’s Margarita of record.

Paul Harrington's "Cosmo for grown-ups" was an early Campari-laced sour with an unlikely rise to prominence.

Marcovaldo Dionysos’s idiosyncratic cocktail elevated the French liqueur from bartender handshake to household name.

Leaving behind a trail of forgotten iterations and abandoned monikers, Dick Bradsell’s “Pharmaceutical Stimulant” remains as popular as ever.

Katie Stipe’s spin on the Hemingway Daiquiri showcased two ingredients that would soon become stars of the cocktail revival: tequila and Campari.

The coffee-spiked twist on the Manhattan emerged as a counterpoint to San Francisco’s ’tini culture.

The Wibble. The Hard Sell. The Darkside. These "minor" classics belong to a category of their own.

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